1970 Plymouth Hemi ‘Cuda by Speedkore at the Grand National Roadster Show 2017

At the 2017 Grand National Roadster Show, one 1970 Plymouth Hemi ‘Cuda pulled the biggest crowd on the floor, and its owner’s name had a lot to do with it. Built by carbon-fiber specialists SpeedKore and owned by comedian Kevin Hart, this E-body pairs the most iconic shape of the muscle era with thoroughly modern engineering. It’s equal parts legend and reinvention. See why it stopped everyone who walked past.

Every so often a car shows up at a show and quietly rearranges the room. People drift toward it, phones come out, and conversations stop mid-sentence. At the Grand National Roadster Show in 2017, that car was a 1970 Plymouth Hemi ‘Cuda, and the name attached to it only made the crowd lean in closer. It was built by SpeedKore, the Wisconsin shop that has made a religion out of carbon fiber and horsepower, and it belongs to someone whose day job has nothing to do with cars. Who owns it, and what SpeedKore did beneath that flawless bodywork, is the reason this ‘Cuda earns its own spotlight. So what turns a legendary muscle car into something even the die-hards stop to study?

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In this walkaround from MuscleCar Connection, filmed on the floor of the Grand National Roadster Show, the ‘Cuda gets the attention it deserves. The build comes from SpeedKore Performance, the same shop known for wild carbon-fiber restomods, and this particular car belongs to comedian and actor Kevin Hart, a detail that helped make it one of the most-photographed cars of the weekend.

The 1970 Plymouth Hemi ‘Cuda is already muscle-car royalty. The 1970 model year introduced the aggressive E-body styling that collectors chase hardest, and the 426 Hemi, nicknamed the elephant motor, is the most coveted engine of the entire era. Genuine numbers-matching Hemi ‘Cudas, especially convertibles, have crossed auction blocks for seven figures, which puts the original cars in a rarefied class. A SpeedKore interpretation takes that iconic shape and reimagines it with modern engineering, carbon-fiber panels, and power that would embarrass the factory figures.

What sets a build like this apart is the obsessive attention to surface and stance. SpeedKore’s cars are known for bodywork so straight it looks liquid, blacked-out or bare-carbon accents, and a purposeful drop over big modern wheels. The result reads as menacing rather than flashy, a car that looks fast standing still and lives up to it when the Hemi lights.

Celebrity ownership guarantees a crowd, but it’s the craftsmanship that keeps people standing in front of it. This is a case where the builder, the badge, and the owner all point in the same direction: a ‘Cuda built to be driven hard and admired harder.

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